IN-2025-002
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Application purpose: This award will be utilized to construct IndyGo's third bus rapid transit line (BRT) the Blue Line.
The Blue Line will largely serve as a replacement to the existing Route 8 local service, which is one of the highest ridership and most productive routes in the IndyGo system.
Activities performed: The project includes design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 24 miles of mixed and exclusive bus lanes.
The project will include 30 stations; 28 of which will be newly constructed as a part of the CIG project (of the remaining 2, one is the Downtown Transit Center where there will be no work performed and the other is the western terminus which will be funded and constructed by the airport).
The project also includes the purchase of 18 60-foot articulated clean diesel vehicles, installation of transit signal priority, and infrastructure improvements such as sidewalks, roadways, driveways, signals, and drainage.
Expected outcomes: This project is expected to provide more frequent and reliable transit service as well as improve access to jobs and services in central Indianapolis.
This project will also provide connectivity from the Indianapolis International Airport through the Indianapolis Central Business District to the Town of Cumberland, Indiana.
Intended beneficiaries: The project will provide improvements in the corridor served by IndyGo's existing Route 8, which is one of the highest ridership lines in the IndyGo system.
This line will help provide better access to jobs, health care, higher education, cultural and community assets, several neighborhoods, and more easily connect the riders, residents, and tourists from the airport all the way to the Town of Cumberland, Indiana.
Drivers and residents along the corridor will also benefit as the introduction of the dedicated bus lanes in the center of the road will limit high-conflict turn movements, improving driver and pedestrian safety.
Subrecipient activities: Not applicable to this award.
The Blue Line will largely serve as a replacement to the existing Route 8 local service, which is one of the highest ridership and most productive routes in the IndyGo system.
Activities performed: The project includes design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of 24 miles of mixed and exclusive bus lanes.
The project will include 30 stations; 28 of which will be newly constructed as a part of the CIG project (of the remaining 2, one is the Downtown Transit Center where there will be no work performed and the other is the western terminus which will be funded and constructed by the airport).
The project also includes the purchase of 18 60-foot articulated clean diesel vehicles, installation of transit signal priority, and infrastructure improvements such as sidewalks, roadways, driveways, signals, and drainage.
Expected outcomes: This project is expected to provide more frequent and reliable transit service as well as improve access to jobs and services in central Indianapolis.
This project will also provide connectivity from the Indianapolis International Airport through the Indianapolis Central Business District to the Town of Cumberland, Indiana.
Intended beneficiaries: The project will provide improvements in the corridor served by IndyGo's existing Route 8, which is one of the highest ridership lines in the IndyGo system.
This line will help provide better access to jobs, health care, higher education, cultural and community assets, several neighborhoods, and more easily connect the riders, residents, and tourists from the airport all the way to the Town of Cumberland, Indiana.
Drivers and residents along the corridor will also benefit as the introduction of the dedicated bus lanes in the center of the road will limit high-conflict turn movements, improving driver and pedestrian safety.
Subrecipient activities: Not applicable to this award.
Funding Goals
THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT (CIG) AND EXPEDITED PROJECT DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAMS PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FIXED GUIDEWAY INVESTMENTS SUCH AS NEW AND EXPANDED RAPID RAIL COMMUTER RAIL LIGHT RAIL STREETCARS BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND FERRIES AS WELL AS CORRIDOR-BASED BUS RAPID TRANSIT INVESTMENTS THAT EMULATE THE FEATURES OF RAIL.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Indiana
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
NOT APPLICABLE
Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation was awarded
IndyGo Blue Line BRT: Improved Transit Service
Project Grant IN-2025-002
worth $141,864,400
from the FTA Office of Budget and Policy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Indiana United States.
The grant
has a duration of 8 years 2 months and
was awarded through assistance program 20.500 Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants.
$159,953,964 (53.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/14/25
Period of Performance
1/7/25
Start Date
3/30/33
End Date
Funding Split
$141.9M
Federal Obligation
$160.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$301.8M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
IN-2025-002
SAI Number
IN-2025-002-00-20.500
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
695124 REGION 5 DOT FTA
Funding Office
693JJ8 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND POLICY(TBP)
Awardee UEI
EAMLURKJKQW4
Awardee CAGE
59F58
Performance District
IN-90
Senators
Todd Young
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
Modified: 1/14/25